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U.S. Sees Iraq Guard Weakening; Closest Fighting Yet To Baghdad Troops Fighting In Hindiyah British still fight in Basra, while Americans battle to seize Najaf, Nasiriyah.(A)
Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Six explosions in rapid succession shook central Baghdad late Monday, sending smoke billowing from the Old Palace presidential compound and bathing the sky in a soft orange glow.
Across the Tigris River, on its east bank, another target was hit in the city center less than a mile from the Palestine Hotel.
The blasts were some of the strongest since the U.S.-led air war began March 20.
Meanwhile, U.S. and British air strikes reported "a very significant weakening" of Iraqi forces, and Iraqi commanders are moving Republican Guard troops around to shore up their strength.
President Bush, speaking in Philadelphia, warned Monday that Saddam Hussein or his terrorist allies may try to strike America in retaliation for the U.S.-led fighting.
"The dying regime in Iraq may try to bring terror to our shores," the president told several hundred Coast Guard personnel. Bush also said terrorist networks may consider the war an opportunity to strike America.
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